Holder for wire belt hooks



Feb. 28, 1,928.

H. l.. CoA-rs HOLDER FOR WIRE BELT HOOKS Filed Jan. '7I 1927 Panarea ret. 2a, reas.

` 'HUGH L.

nonnen; non WIRE BELT Hooxs A.

' Ap-piieation ned January 7,419,277. seriaiuaiaavai. c

VThis invention'relates to improvements in v holder for Wir-ebelt hooks;

In the use of wire lbelt hooks, itis highly desirable that the samev be carded or applied with uniform spacing lto a holding strip or retainer in order to facilitate application offsuch hooks to thel belt or When i in placing theV hooks in an applying device.v

One of the most important considerations in connection with such carded gangs of hoolrs 'is to positively insure true parallelism.

l of the individual hooks lwhile carried by the holder, that is, to prevent anypossibihty of individual hooks becoming twisted or out of line,vwhich would interfere with theveXpeditious application of the hooks to the b elt or insert-ion of them in a'n'applying device or machine. Y l l i .One ofthe objects of my invention is to 'provide avery simple and inexpensive holder of the type indicated which will insure maintenance of the parallelism of the individual hooks by engagingeach arm of eachghookat two spaced points and, further, provide such aholder which will readily Vpermit automatic application ofthe hooks thereto. y l

Another object of my invention is to provide a holder vof the typey indicated which is i composed of a single element and to Which the hooks are so'attached as to `practically eliminate anyaccidental disengagement of a hook therefrom during shipment or yin the handling thereof. ,f

Other and further objects' of the invention Will more clearly appear from the description and claimshereinafter i':`olloWing.

i Iii the drawing forming a part ofthis application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved holder showinga number o f Wire belt hooks applied thereto. FigureQ is an enlarged, vertical, sectional vien7 of the device shown in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a side elevational vien ofl the structureas illustr'ated in Figure'. Figure t isa plan View of the holderblank showing the openings provided therein and 4prior to the folding or bending thereoftofinal form. And Figures 5, 6 and 7 are views similar to Figures 2, 3 and 4, respectively, showing a slightly modied form of the holder.

In said drawing, the hooks illustrated are of Well known form, each comprising a section of Wire bent so as to form an apex 10, tWo diverging side arms 11 and 12, the free ends of said arms 11 and 12 being turned inthe holes lvvould obviously be correspondintatta collars,Y or WHEATON, rLLINors, nssrenonfro FLEXIBLEsrnnrinnoins Y COMPANY, on oHroAedfr-Lninoran oonrorta'rroiv or* ,ILLINorsL v vardly land beveled tov form vprongs vr18d-*13. l l

As shovvn,A one armis longer than the ,other and, carding this style of hook, the vsame A Will-preferably be arranged alternatelyvas .v

regards the shortand long arms, as clearly shown. yAs Will beunderstood by' those skilled in the art, another Wellknownstylef ce i' of hook` thatl might be, used Without departuife from my invention is that wherein each `hook has both of itsarms of the same length, but aflternateyhooks have longer sets to card suoli style of hooks by alternating the short arm hooks vviththe long arm hooks. 4In carrying out my invention, I' form the holder of a strip of any suitablematerial, such as liglitcardboard and of suoli; characte'risticsfthatyit possesses a certain lamount of inherent resiliency or 4springinessl vvhile,gatv thevsame time, being adapted to be folded org creased to take a more or less permanent forni. Such a blank strip is indicated at A .ofarms thanthe others, itbeing customary and,.in the lfiat formas shown inl Figure 4l, y the same Willbe provided vvith two interme-` diate seriesof longitudinally` spaced slots or cut-'outs'lll and two outenseries of holes or perforations .15-15. correspondingly longitudinally spaced.V In carding hooks of the style kspecilif'zally disclosed in thel drawing, theholes '15 of each series along one edge of the strip will preferably'be alternately staggered to permitV of thepalternatearrange.

mentoflong andshort arm'hooks, as rshovvn. In the event lthe other style of hookA above referred to isv carded on'inyimproved holder,

ingly 17e-located to permit alternate ,spacing of hooks having botharms short with hooks having both arms long. j y

The Hat blank strip, .after beingl perforated as above described, will be given relatively 'Y sharp creases along the dotted lines indicated' at 16S- 16, whichv lines 16 substani tially bi-sect the series' of `.openings or'slots" '14s. 'Ihissharp` creasing results inV rounded corners` kas indicated -inpthe y ,finished` blankV at 17 and best shown in Figure Zandobviously Will bringthe'slots le in said corners. The creasing or :folding las aforesaid, results .in

the formation of tvv'o sides or arms 1 8-18 l which carry the openings 15. and saidarms` 18 i AV(with the inner faces of the side arms 11 and 12 of the hooks. The central or connecting section of the holder will also preferably be curved in a direction toward the free edges of the side of therholder, as indicated'at 20.

. Yv Vithtlie holder constructed as described,

" it will be evident that there are formed more or lessbeadflilrev corners at 17, which result A ingivingnjrigidity to the holderalong s aid corners and further, the arcuate connecting section 20 will actas av spring, due tothe inherent resiliency of the material, tending to-y force said corner sections 17 outwardly; Duef to the reverse curves in the sections 19, there is also a springdilre tendency of the sides 18 'to spread outwardly and thus mainl tain close-contact with the inner faces of 'Y Y, the armsof thehooks.

f In applying the hooks, the saine are slipped downwardly over the holder as viewed in Figure 2 or, otherwise described, by slipping the holder within the openv ends of the hooks, thereby engaging the arms 11 and'12 ofthe hooks within the slots or cut-'outs 14-14 at y snugly fit the sections of the hoolrs and that for various sizes'ofhoolrs the openingsforV slots will be made to correspond. With the i parts assembled as best shown inFigures 1 and 2', it is evident that each individual hook hasthe two prongs thereof positively p0sitioned by engagement with the openings 15,

Y this engagement beingat the lower extremity of the arms. Further, eachiindividual hoolr'` isV engaged and accurately spacedvby the' reinforcing beaded corners at points intermediate the 'ends' of Vthe hook arms 11 fand 12so'that there is no possibility of the hooks becoming tilted or displaced from parallelism. It will further be noted that the improved holder requiresy no extraneous "means forretaining the hooks in place and" also, when it is desired to insert agang oi' hoolrsin an applyingmachine, this may be done and a holding pin inserted within the` i Y apices oi the hooks to lock the same in position withoutA interference from the holder;

In this connection, it will further ber ob-A served that thej'holder can then bewith# drawn by grasping the outer free ends lof the arms of the holder, and springing them inwardly so as to disengage them from the prongs and -then pull the holderv out of place.V

v The Vconstruction illustrated in Figures 5,

Gand 7 is the same as that illustrated in the' other figures except that, instead of using holes 15 for receiving and spacing the prongs of the hooks, series orp slots 115 are used, the latter being alternately shallow and deep to provide for the alternatean-` rangement ofV long and short arms lof they hooks when this style is used as will be un-k derstood.. .Y

Although 'I have herein shown and described what-I now consider the preferred manner of carrying. out my invention, the saine is merely illustrative and all modi# iications are contemplated that come within the scope of the claims appended hereto. Y I claimt a 1. A holder for wire beltv -hoolrs ofthe type having an apex, diveiging arms and inturnedpi'ongs at thefends or' the arms, comprising; a strip of material formed to provide a-base section, diverging arms, each connected to the base section by an inwardly extended oset 'forming n a zstrengthening bead-like corner,y said base section being slotted tov provide spaced slots along said bead-like corners, and said arms'being pro` vided with correspondingly spaced cut-outs whereby the prongs of die hooks are adapted V to be projected inwardly into and be spaced by said Vcut-outs of the strip arms and said slotted bead-like corners are adapted to pro Vject outwardly'between and space said arms of thehoolrs` intermedi-ate the eiids'rof the latter;

havingan apex and .diver-ging arms with inturned prongs at theii'ee ends thereof, coin-l prising: a strip having diverging arms and a' connecting section, said arms being cut out to receive said prongs and arranged to lie against the inner sides oi the hook arms from the prongs thereof toa: pointinter-4 mediate the ends of the hook arms, said strip connecting section being of greater width than'the distance between the inner sides of the hookV arms at the'point where the strip arms are` united to said connecting section, /saidrconnecting section beingfslotted' at longitudinally spaced intervals toreceive and space said intermediate hook arms therein. Y y i A u 3. A holder as describediny claim v1 and wherein the material forming said strip is possessed ofinherent resiliency and the arms of thestrip normally tend toA spring outwardly. Y

LA holder as' described in claim 2 and wherein the strip is inadeo'f inherently resilient material and saidiconnecting section is curved toward the iree edges :of the strip arms. Y

'In witness thatV l'` claim the foregoing I i c f o y 2.,'A holder ior wire belt hooks oi the type' i portions of the izoI have hereunto subscribed inynaine vthis 3rd day oi' J an. l1927.

l HUGHQL. COATS. 

